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The unemployment rate goes up, and you link this to more public confidence that work is available?

Good grief, I hope the public doesn’t get any more confident. I’d like the unemployment rate to go down.

Romney is way ahead among people who have already voted. The red tidal wave is coming, and it will wash you and your propaganda out to sea. But don’t worry, the water will be comfortable because of global warming.

Here is what we know. We’ve known it for a long time. The recovery has been awful – historically awful. It is one of the worst in our history. There is no room to argue about that.

What we do differ on is why this is so. The President’s supporters say it is because the recession was so deep. His critics point to evidence that this is a mistaken assumption – deep recessions tend to be followed by more robust recoveries. They argue that the President has spent mightily – turning the federal government into a fiscal basket case – with no discernible effect.

I believe that the critics have the far better case. You may differ. One month’s job report is unlikely to – and really should not – cause either of us to change our minds.

Wilson, My health insurance has gone up every year since the 1980s. The only time it stayed the same was when coverage was REDUCED. If I wanted more coverage, it cost more. I had big increases when Reagan was prez because I worked for the federal government then. Reagan cut the hell out of our benefits, which weren’t that great to begin with. I’ve seen pretty much yearly increases with my present employer. I’ve been with them 22 years. The last few years they pushed high deductable plans to lower costs (for them).

And remind doc that unemployment hit 22% when Reagan was president. It wasn’t anywhere near that when he first took office.

What this article does not mention is that the number of unemployed rose by 170,00 furing the same period to 12.3 million total, and we have the highest unemploymet rate since President Roosevelt. Source: Today’s New London Day.
PS I compliment the Norwich Bujlletin for comprehensive articles on this issue.